NewImprov Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Just came across this on the YouT: [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdYB8FU2p4Y Lots of classic keyboards, 2(!) Rhodes onstage, a VCS3, plus Ratledge's signature fuzzed-out organ, and a young Allan Holdsworth doing his best Mahavishnu impersonation. Love this stuff! Turn up the speaker Hop, flop, squawk It's a keeper -Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream for Crow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed A. Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 and a young Allan Holdsworth doing his best Mahavishnu impersonation. Sounded to me more like he was practicing his scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yeah, that's not one of his better solos, is it? Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malpaugh Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm a big Holdsworth fan...and this performance has never grabbed me. It's more of a mild curiosity as to how he sounded in his early career. Compare that to the UK album of a few years later and what Bill Bruford called, "94 seconds of liquid passion married to a blinding technical facility that will go down in the annals of rock guitar history". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Allan's solos in this particular performance leave a bit to be desired, but on the album ("Bundles") he does much better. He lasted just that one album, though; on the following one, "Softs", he was replaced by John Etheridge. To me, "Bundles" is a better album, although "Softs" was the soundtrack for my stint in London in '78... memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewImprov Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Allan's solos in this particular performance leave a bit to be desired, but on the album ("Bundles") he does much better. He lasted just that one album, though; on the following one, "Softs", he was replaced by John Etheridge. To me, "Bundles" is a better album, although "Softs" was the soundtrack for my stint in London in '78... memories... Seeing this was interesting for me, because I first heard Holdsworth with UK, and he seemed to be springing fully formed from nowhere, with really innovative tone, phrasing and approach to soloing. So it's interesting to see him at a developmental stage, without the really liquid and wind-like phrasing he developed later. Until this show I believe Bundles was the first thing I'd heard of his, unless his stint with Gong was earlier. But hey, this is a keyboard forum, what are we doing talking about the gu*tarist! How 'bout them dueling rhodes! I wish Ratledge took a larger role in this show, I kept waiting to hear more from the VCS3, and that Alice Coltrane meets muted trumpet sound he gets on the Lowery is something I've always thought really cool. It's a shame that Ratledge virtually disappeared after leaving the Softs, he was a very inspiring player. Turn up the speaker Hop, flop, squawk It's a keeper -Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream for Crow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 that Alice Coltrane meets muted trumpet sound he gets on the Lowery is something I've always thought really cool. Ha ha! Great description. It's a shame that Ratledge virtually disappeared after leaving the Softs, he was a very inspiring player. Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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